Blades of Glory Review by Jessica Film Junkie (4.5 Stars)

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Starring:
Will Ferrell, Jon Heder, Will Arnett, Amy Poehler, William Fichtner, Craig T. Nelson, Romany Malco, Nick Swardson, Andy Richter, Rob Corddry, Tom Virtue, Jenna Fischer, Nick Jameson, Greg Lindsay, Scott Hamilton, Greg Lindsay

Directed By:
Josh Gordon, Will Speck

Written By:
Jeff Cox, Craig Cox

Blades of Glory (2007)

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Movie Review by Jessica Film Junkie
April 10th, 2007

Oh Hell Yeah

As a pre-cursor, I just have to say that I am a Canadian girl and thus I trained and competed in various figure skating competitions as a child. I stopped when I entered highschool, but I remain in love with the sport. I love everything about it from the nutty costumesm, bad music arrangements and massive egos, because when it is good it is f*cking amazing.

That said, I have been anticipating this movie for a long time...and it did not disappoint.

Here we have the entirely fiction tale of a pairs figure skating team of two men...oh hell yeah.

Will Ferrell plays an Elvis Stojko-esque macho skater named Chazz Michael Michaels. He plays with the bravado of Ron Burgundy mixed with some of the stupidity of Ricky Bobby and the sexuality of his character Chazz Reinhold from 'The Wedding Crashers' (2005). Yes we have seen Ferrell wear this kind of role before, but so much of the appeal of Will Ferrell is that you have no idea what inane comment could emerge from his lips at any moment. From the concept of "mind-bottling" past the mystique of the lone wolf he so cherishes to the various dalliances with figure skating elite from Oksana Baiul to Michelle Kwan. Ferrell is an amazingly funny man and I will continue to see his films because they are still this good (I officially forgive him for 'Talladega Nights').

Naplean Dynamite himself, Jon Heder co-stars as Jimmy MacElroy, a Yvegni Plushenko-type with perfect hair and perfect form, but none of the ego-diven artistry of Michaels. Heder is great as the often feminine, but also very masculine in his ability MacElroy. He engages in a sweet romance with Katie ('The Office's Jenna Fischer, darling and dim in a way Pam never allows her to be), the sister of his enemies. I would have liked to see that romance further developed, and that is the only major fault of the film.

The brilliant Will Arnett and Amy Poehler, married in real life, play the brother-sister team of Stranz and Fairchild Van Waldenberg. They bring every creepy feeling any of us have every had about brothers and sisters touching each other that way, and elevate to a whole new level of freakishness. Arnett is fantastically dumb and sleazy all at once, while Poehler is the mad genius behind all of their devious actions. She relishes such a dastardly role and it is a joy watching her play with it.

The supporting cast includes Craig T. Nelson as the coach with a dream, he is much better than I could have anticipated. Also 'Weeds' co-star Romany Malco as the choreographer with a whole lot of passion. Jenna Fischer really surprised with her portrayal. I am so used to seeing her every week as Pam, it was nice to see her in another role that is a bit similar, but also many shades different from her 'Office' princess.

This film never takes itself too seriously, but it also shows respect to my favorite sport. It gets every crazy aspect of figure skating just right and ends so ridiculously I am still giggling.

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